Henry deitz



No. 621,296] Patented Mar. I4, |899. H. nmz.

STDPPER 0R CLOSURE.

(Applicacion mea Mar. 4, 189s.)

(No Model.)

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HENRY DEITZ, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DEITZ MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE. y

STOPPER OR CLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,296, dated March 14, 1899.

A Application iiled March 4., 1898. Serial N0. 672,493. (No model.)

To all whom iv may concern.' phragm 9 is a spindle. or stem l0, to whose Be it known that I, HENRY DEITZ, a citilower extremity is attached a valve-disk 12, zen of the United States of America, residing having ports 12 and 12, adapted to register atDenver,in the countyofArapahoe and State with the ports 9" and 9C in the diaphragm 9. 55 of Colorado, have invented certain new and Between the disk12 and the said diaphragm 4useful Improvements in Stoppers or Closures; is placed a packing-washer 13, whose funcand I do declare the following to be a full, tion is to make the closure perfectly tight clear, and exact description of the invention, against the escape of either gas orliquid when such as will enable others skilled in the art the valve-disk is turned, so that the ports 12 6o ro to which it appertains to make and use the and 12C do not register with the ports 9n and same, reference being had to the accompany- 9C or to the position shown by dotted lines in ing drawings, and to the figures of reference Fig. 4. To the top of the stem 10, where it marked thereon, which form a part of this protrudes above the cap, is attached a small specification. disk 14, between which and the top of the 15 My invention relates to improvements in cap is located a packing-washer 15.

Stoppers or closuresadapted for use with cans To the disk 14C is attached a crank-arm 16, or receptacles forholding oils or otherliquids. whose outer extremity is bent downwardly The nature of the invention is such that the against the outer wall of the cap. This crankcan to which it is applied may be thoroughly arm is employed in turning the valve-disk 12 7o zo vented for pouring purposes, but tightly for the purpose of opening and closing the closed against the escape of either gas or liquid ports of the cap. except during the pouring operation. The portion of the cap below the diaphragm To these ends the invention consists of the is interiorly threaded, as shown at 5a, wherefeatures, arrangements, and combinations by it is adapted to screw upon the projecting z 5 hereinafter described and claimed,all of which exteriorly-threaded nozzle of the ordinary can.

will be fully understood by reference to the The use of my improved device is very simaccompanying drawings, in which is illusple. When liquid is to be poured from the trated an embodiment thereof. can, which I will designate by the numeral In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top or plan 17, (see Fig. 2,) it isy only necessary to turn 8o 3o View of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a side the disk 13 so that the ports 125L and 12c therein elevation of the same applied to a can which shall register with the ports 9i and 9C, reis broken away, exce pta small portion at the spectively, in the diaphragm 9. The liquid top. Fig. 3 isa vertical section taken through will then ow freely through the port 9 and the device, showing the valve-disk open. out of the spout 7, while the air will enter 35 Fig. et is an underneath view of the device, the can by way of the tube G and the port 9,

showing the valve-disk in the closed position. To close the cap, it is only necessary to re- Siinilar reference characters indicating corverse the movement of the valve-disk, whereresponding parts in these views, let the numby the ports 12a and 12c are closed. eral 5 designate the outer wall ofthe cap or Having thus described my invention, what 9o 4o closure, whose upper portion is provided with I claim is-V a vent-tube 6 and a pouring or escape tube 1. A closure of the class described, comor spout 7. 'Bothof thesetubes communicate prising a cap having a diaphragm located with a chamber 8, formed in the upper part therein below the top of the cap and forming of the cap and separated from its lower porachamberinitsupperportion,said diaphragm 45 tion bya horizontal diaphragm 9, in which are being provided with twov ports, a liquid-esformed a vent-port 9a and a liquid-escape port cape openin g and a vent-opening communicat- 90. These ports are located adjacent the tubes ing with the said chamber, a revoluble valve- 6 and 7, respectively, the said tubes being disk engaging the diaphragm and apertured oppositely located at the extremities of a dito register with the openings in the diaphragm, roo 5o ameter passed through the cap 5. Centrally a stem journaled in the top of the cap and the journaled in the top Aof the cap and the diadiaphragm, the valve-disk being attached to the lower extremity of the stem, a paekin gdisk attached to the stem and engaging the Cap on the outside, and exterior means attached to the stem for aetuating the same and 5 adjusting the valve-disk for the purpose set forth.

2. A elosure Consisting of a eap adapted to be Connected with a ean or other receptacle, said eap being provided with an apertured 1 o diaphragm located below and forming a Chamber i'n the top of the cap, a spout communieating with said chamber, a vent-opening also communicating with the chamber, a valvedisk apertured to register with the aperture 15 in the diaphragm, the disk being loeated be- 

